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Paving contractors in Hunterdon County

Long rural driveways make this the county's most scam-visited trade: traveling crews, leftover-asphalt pitches, cash deposits, and inch-thin jobs that fail by the second winter.

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What it costs

Sourced ranges: asphalt runs $7 to $15 per square foot installed in 2025 guides, so a 1,000+ square foot driveway lands at $7,000 to $15,000. The suspiciously low quote is buying a thin lift over a bad base; see the guide below.

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Before you sign anything

  1. Check the 13VH registration at newjersey.mylicense.com before anything else. In this trade specifically, that one check eliminates most of the operators you should avoid.
  2. The drive-up 'we're paving in the neighborhood' pitch is the scam's front door. Real pavers are booked for weeks and don't knock.
  3. Get thickness in writing, in inches, compacted: a real driveway is built in courses on a prepared base, not a thin lick of asphalt over whatever was there.
  4. A third down at most, never cash, and the balance on completion. The scam version wants half or more, in cash, today.
  5. Ask for two local driveways at least two winters old and drive past them. Freeze-thaw is the only reviewer that can't be faked.

Paving contractors register as Home Improvement Contractors with the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs. In the most scam-prone trade in rural New Jersey, that one registry check does most of the filtering by itself.

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The local picture

Three to five genuinely rooted local operators, and that is the whole field. The state resolves over a hundred contractor-registration cases a year, and this trade supplies plenty of them.

Questions neighbors actually ask

What should a new driveway cost?

It's priced per square foot and moves with asphalt prices, base work, and drainage, so treat any sight-unseen number with suspicion, especially a shockingly low one, which is the classic setup for the thin-layer job. Get three written quotes with identical scope: thickness, base preparation, and drainage.

Does a paving contractor need a license in New Jersey?

They must be registered as a Home Improvement Contractor (13VH number) with the state, and the number legally belongs on their contract and advertising. Unregistered home improvement work violates the Consumer Fraud Act. Check any number in two minutes at newjersey.mylicense.com.

Sealcoating: worth it or a racket?

Legitimately worth it as maintenance every few years on a sound driveway, and much cheaper than paving. The racket version is the sprayed-on job from a truck working the neighborhood cold. Same rules apply: registration, written scope, no cash.

28 businesses filed under Masonry & Concrete in the county directory, A–Z

Everything filed under Masonry & Concrete in the county directory, alphabetically. It is a broad category, so it takes in neighboring lines of work as well as paving contractors. No ordering, no ranking, no picks.

Names, towns and numbers come from The Hunterdon Scoop business directory, pulled July 28, 2026. Want this list narrowed to your town? Browse Masonry & Concrete by town. A business appearing here is not a recommendation, and no business pays to be on it.

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